Art, music, and literature have always been my élan vital. I had my first camera while I was still in high school; and I have continued to squeeze in moments for "snapshots" whenever possible. The result is an accumulation of snapshots from home and across the world in Himalayan proportion. Fascinating images crowd my memoryscape and I only wish I could share these with others. However, the challenges of a demanding academic life did not leave much time for my own creative expression through photography. In early 1970s I took a few courses in B&W including the Zone System and had a darkroom. Since moving to LA, my became more hectic and I had no room (literally) for a darkroom. Since then I have continued to shoot in color. I have been using the Nikon system (Fs & N90) with several Nikkor zoom lenses. Last year I bought a digital camera (Fuji Finepix 4700) and found it most convenient to experiment with image manipulation on laptop in late hours in foreign hotel rooms (no more running to & waiting for film processing). This year I bought a Nikon D100, which allows me to use all Nikkor lenses, and also a Leica Diglux1.The convenience of digital camera rekindled my interest in photography. They allow me to "take" pictures whenever it is possible and "make" pictures on Photoshop 5.5 whenever convenient. I also have a film scanner (Minolta Dimage Scanspeed), a Cannon Flatbed scanner, and Epson 2000P printer. Last year I joined a local camera club (S4C in Redondo Beach), which holds contests for its members; I have won several in-house "Awards" and "Honorable mentions". I have also one shot published in "Digital Photography" (March 2003,p.72) and another in Dec 9-15, 2002 issue of Chinese edition of Asia Week. I enjoy image enhancement for representative photos and image manipulation to synthesize "make" pictures.